As you may have noticed we are pretty excited about Gossip Girl star Taylor Momsen's band The Pretty Reckless. We think they rock and have a great sound! We also just got the opportunity to ask Taylor herself some questions about the band and some inside info on her famous sense of style. Here is what she said!

First of all of course we asked her - who is The Pretty Reckless? The band was formed with Taylor, her producer Kato and his song writing partner Ben. Right now Taylor is the front lady of course, with Ben Philips on guitar, Mark Damon on bass, and Jamie Perkins on drums. Taylor says it took about a year of writing and recording with Ben for Kato to produce the album but its all done and ready for release! Taylor kept a hectic schedule of filming Gossip Girl during the days and being in the studio with the band at night - wow!

Taylor told us about her musical influences and no surprises it was all really pure rock 'n roll! She named icons like The Beatles, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who and grunge legends Nirvana as some of her all time favourites!

Fans will know that Taylor toured with the original The Pretty Reckless the whole of last summer and she says performing live is what makes her the most happy "It's the greatest feeling in the world to play live, playing and writing, that's why I do this". We can't wait to see her live either and to see what she wears on stage of course too!

Taylor is one of those girls that make great style look easy and for her it really does come naturally! She told us that she just mixes and matches in a bit of a messy way, mixing cheap pieces with nice ones...and get this, she doesn't even shop that much, she makes the best of what she has!

The band's single "Make Me Wanna Die" is being officially released on May 17th and the album hits in the summer! We also hear she will be on tour again later this year - yay!


Thanks to Total Assault for hooking us up!